Metroid: Other M - Team Ninja does Metroid

[Wools]

Looks like a big ol' combat game to me. Very difficult to tell from a first trailer but, for me, I wouldn't yet be excited. But Nintendo are hardly likely to let someone butcher Metroid, are they? So it's got to be good.

Fully agree with you Mr Dogg, I'm not convinced this is a good change for the series.

Retro done a sterling job with Prime and from that footage, Team Ninja are making Viewtiful Joe.

As always though, I'll reserve judgment intill the game is released.

[Synthesthesia]

They've routinely allowed other developers to butcher their other franchises, so I wouldn't put it past them at all, especially not this generation.

Like what? Only games I can remember them giving to other developers were the 2 Zelda games on GBA, and those were awesome.

[Ouenben]

This seems to be related to Samus's past but also related to Metroid fusion.

'Any objections lady' = Adam the CO that Samus talked of in Metroid Fusion

[noobish hat]

those two were for the gbc. What about starfox? what about zelda cdi? hotel mario?

[Synthesthesia]

those two were for the gbc. What about starfox? what about zelda cdi? hotel mario?

Yeah GBC, my bad. Starfox was debatable, I found some fun in it and others liked it. And I wouldn't say that it's as big a franchise as Metroid is. I never experienced the other 2, before my time .

[teddymeow]

That does look awesome. A little reminicent of Ninja Gaiden with the combat rolls and jump combos and stuff but I guess that's to be expected.

I've loved every single Metroid game since I first played Super Metroid so I see no reason to start hating now!!

2010 seems like bloody ages away

[Salsa Party Animal]

Will pick it up as I love Metroid series.

[egparadigm]

Anyone notice the very short first-person clip?

[mekanor]

as a spinoff, im pumped for this. interesting shift of focus though

[Synthesthesia]

Anyone notice the very short first-person clip?

On Kotaku etc they're calling it a First and Third Person game.

[abigsmurf]

That does look awesome. A little reminicent of Ninja Gaiden with the combat rolls and jump combos and stuff but I guess that's to be expected.

That's what really worries me.

I don't want Ninja Gaiden with guns and a metroid skin, I want a game designed from the ground up to be metroid

[Ady]

The Prime games will be difficult to follow...

[abigsmurf]

http://kotaku.com/5277377/nintendo-new-metroid-is-not-metroid-dread

Metroid Dread confirmed!

[abigsmurf]

- Not Metroid Dread
- Reggie says “it’s going to be fabulous”
- Reggie hasn’t played has seen it
- Metroid Fusion dev working on the game
- Confirmed that Production Team 1 (Nintendo) involved (real deal guys)
- Adam Malkovich in the game
- Takes place in between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion
- Reconfirmed that the game explains a bit of Samus’ backstory
- Will explain what happened to Adam
- Playing Metroid Fusion will help players understand how the story in Other M will be like
- It’s linear (knowing that there is progression), but can explore side areas
- Will have the Metroid “feel”
- Character shown in trailer is one of Adam’s soldiers
- Other M means many things - Story will reveal these meanings
- Won’t be brutally difficult like in the Ninja Gaiden games - Developers taking into account that Metroid fans, new players
- Game will have action-oriented, faster-paced sequences
- Will also have exploratory portions
- It’s an entirely new game
- Yosuke Hayashi has worked on Ninja Gaiden for the DS
- Trailer shows Mother Brain attacking a Metroid
- Woman at the end of the trailer not Samus
- Game will “take you deeper into Samus’ story”

hrm...

Still mixed. Big worries about a character focused plot (Metroid is about exploration and discovering the story yourself), the way both the trailer and that text seem to emphasise different gameplay sections rather than a unified approach.

Metroid Prime was a risky but brilliant change for the series, remains to be seen if two different devs can pull off a reboot. I'm wary but I'll wait till there's decent gameplay footage.

[Finsbury Girl]

Weren't the boobies a bit small for a team ninja game?